- A
hedgehog is a
spiny mammal of the
subfamily Erinaceinae, in the
eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae.
There are 17
species of
hedgehog in five
genera found...
- twenty-four
extant species of
Erinaceidae are
divided into two subfamilies:
Erinaceinae,
containing sixteen hedgehog species in five genera, and Galericinae...
- solenodons.
Erinaceidae contains the well-known
hedgehogs (subfamily
Erinaceinae) of
Eurasia and
Africa and the
gymnures or
moonrats (subfamily Galericinae)...
-
genus contains at
least 14 species. It is
classified in the
subfamily Erinaceinae and in the
family Erinaceidae. A
single specimen examined in 1998 was...
-
Eulipotyphla (remnant of 'Insectivora')
Family Erinaceidae Subfamily Erinaceinae:
hedgehogs Subfamily Hylomyinae:
moonrats and
gymnures Family Soricidae...
-
Afrosoricida = 'Erinaceomorpha' + 'Soricomorpha')
Family Erinaceidae Subfamily Erinaceinae:
hedgehogs Subfamily Galericinae:
gymnures or
moonrats Family Soricidae...
-
shrews (family Soricidae). Family:
Erinaceidae (hedgehogs) Subfamily:
Erinaceinae Genus:
Paraechinus Desert hedgehog, P.
aethiopicus LC Family: Soricidae...
- Family:
Erinaceidae subfamily:
Erinaceinae...
- look more like
large rats. Family:
Erinaceidae (hedgehogs) Subfamily:
Erinaceinae Genus:
Erinaceus Southern white-breasted hedgehog, E.
concolor LC Genus:...
-
mostrosus Hedgehog 24,000,000^
Estimated Pallium (cortex)
Subfamily Erinaceinae,
various species Silvery mole-rat 25,000,000
Isotropic fractionator Pallium...
